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University of MississippieGroveTelegrams to Media Outlets Western Union Telegram Collection9-30-1962William R. Clabby to Jim Soderlind, 30 September1962William R. ClabbyFollow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/west_union_medPart of the Journalism Studies Commons, and the United States History CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Western Union Telegram Collection at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion inTelegrams to Media Outlets by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu.Recommended CitationClabby, William R., "William R. Clabby to Jim Soderlind, 30 September 1962" (1962). Telegrams to Media Outlets. 62.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/west_union_med/62.. .. , • " .. • , , , Itt ;$07)GIfLi)[D lilt;- W,4Lt. cS·/~~£1 "JOLi(JrAL f'l lJ/foA 1) . i --------------------------------------~ dI 1962 EP 30 ~ a 2Q ,. , ise. long/wi h hund s f niformed law officials I the tree-sh ed Un:ve sity of 11iss· sippi campus ,de is 0 te • J. m 11 s er r · ch blaze 0 t · bi re Ie te s: TO OlE MISS ( 11 caps) ve yb'L..I~ .a ...... - (caps and Thi little exhort tion -a cam u radition -is s -l-'~'~ courage student a fa cult me [b 1"s 0 reet each 0 her armly ~""'(I new school yea off to th . roper sta t. Bu for many, the ig aQ~ unh e e • i thO e l-fi C! he f cal in of tens F dera ruggle, Mi s sip i' seg gaticnist Gov. zzle on professors and a mi ·str ti e ffi ia s in opes of c ampu '0 • ~ ate t cti • • tilne when the . '. overnor ]. eeking·unanimo s • • uppo he 1 ly-w li st~ of tl state's ea in s hool, • c ha IT ~ cri ,·ci fr Ole Miss se~ roud old -ns titut·on occupies • • a· spot in t e hear of the el ra e ha st t.e u r ities can boas. With • de a fi &a s se 0 a id .t \ toda (Mond 7) or to 0 ro, bo th on y cou e ides capi la ·en -is 0 C ose ive sity. ,~ ... ~ _ .-0 f·rst t: e, l?r . g forbb a. • • ,..- sent J asH. M r i ., ... rema ni g open to G v ...... _ ·t -• ces j • could, . 0 th , , -• · on t on hold.' • • • , • • I y, despite he a ..... _ t l-no . .. an -rll.~ 1 t • , ... I .' • eo a e th .al te re a ion de~ .. e. .['his aft n 0 • ". the ques ion is scheduled ~ come e 0 e a rY} eting of the 1 c i ch ter of -the , • • iCClJ1 Assoc -at· on of Uni ""~ t Profe sors . ' ~ . ' I (nl re) .. , • • mo on ole miss--22222 The faculty opposition stems ot from ympathy with e integratio movement, bu in t ad from growing fe th tOle liss I u a crip lin ~i y, to one thing, s fac· g a oss 0 its accreditation by the Sou .ern. ssociat · 0 of Colle es and Schools unless political in erf renee in it ~fair is a1 ed This loss d P actically isolate the ins ituti n rom other se ools beca se it oul mean cred-ts an g es ea ned no be recognized en most other colleges ' and unive i '~IV go troubl s nough ithout los1ng one ete an pr fessor . 'Right '1OW ltd grade this as a and it will never become first-rat.e ntil l-J get over t Most Miss ssippians 0 Id ar ue critical p ofesso about is charge the school tha he school shouldn't los on and under no c1rcumstances o closed . " ta e o ng Jacks bar er. "I'm 100 pc be 4'-"- ~ .. - Ro fi , but·t ould just hu h ch 0 er C osed. now Barnet co Id be elected to Heaven i he wa ted to,' concedes a 1r.es lissi sippi legi~lator ado tspoken critic of the governor, "b t he'd be mak1ng big mistake by closing hat schoo .' To mOB is heir one major sourc of p ide. In sta t ran{ as the owest in e capita income, 1 Mi S 1 place of high e ute here ~ l-1is · ssippians ca s n ~ / y $ 35 a semeste~o~ re l1eir ch· dren for educa ion at a ion cost of 0 ith t na i nal average of .~ 06 in u lie nive ities. e Miss f otball' eam, 't-lhich no . l~ rates nong t e co ntry' t, i an added urce of local pride. Top note I~~~ ~~1 / "'~~L../.,. ___ os enti elyj rrom ~igh schoo'Is" coaches me d their in ·n am e in the ate . v (mo e) .......... -~  .;7 .' .. ven a little of the legrndary Old South, complete "i t LJ ....... au iful belles, cas s its image 0 he uni e · t. Phot graphs of' the two Ole ....... _8 co ed who J?:(!9~ • 'YIOl.gne icons ·hang in honore aces in th at IS • 1. year as Mi ~~c~k-ed/ 1, alon 8i e old, per rait of Confe rat.e enera 5, senato , and o e • • The univ r ty t ha shest cri ti ~, ho ever, 0'" er ook se ious d n 1 Mis • tie-book f It) 0 ~ ! .... so tick o f a . • ~lany be traced 0 0 SSl g • a 0 -t e s a IS p ~occ pati~n • ~1 lis ~ b gi S T-vi hack ·cessive faculty +'u no e and incompet e ng eao I an I nd i he """'0£ r .. , I e 1V t r .. ~lnp a~_ on ~a t- oltests to a-ve our itizens sone hin o b o • Then he a ds ryly: In 11Y he +~ ~cholarsh1p ~or a on ..,.,,~ 1 OU d b • JO" , g The probl ms con! onti.l Ole Mi ~ ertainly Iitn' ad de 19 s all ou he~n 'nsti u io of h gh lea nin , ac~o-~in o a stu y last "r7"el. a cod c e by i ate Un~ "'ver i "Sf' ocio og st. The South' Golleg'!)s a e lagg· ba to ttract sta 10 to Lr ........ i d colleges Ild • •• nJ..ve 5J. 1~S 0 and Jt._ve 1 W 11 toe in 0 n 1 • ere 1S a amental benge in the cultu a p e 116 of he SOUtll itse ,n sa s . he re 0 t • t wa based on a eyof 207 • "'out lern univ rsit depa t ea s 96 0 or 1 candidate • (.0 _) mo on 0 rniss-444 rna ·ority of t ose olled / in the study aid tha racial problems of the outh h ve h-~~red facult ruit nt ffo t J S eriouS~~ 'HistOriC 1, he "n e lec ua limate in ou.thern iversities has bee burdene 1¥-lith a n rrOl p vin~ a ~m and rig 1y enacted unit "Ml'n-ty 't l.i..ch hav st fled diss n and free inquiry, n the report explained . e T.ough the Flor-da Sta ~e tud i dicated all So ~ er c lege -problem, t year long co it battle and t e current federa struggle make them espec· aJ-ly acut here a Miss. departm nt are in a state of near collapse be~~~~ one fa ul .. t I ow 0 e departmen o mel e • a o p st 0 year . a on ibera art Pe pIe n .. , fits 11 en in he Low sa aries play a r le in o Faculty members at 01 Mi s , r an a erage of only about $1, 00 u n o e a sa S J • R. .. 0 b , exe eu __.__-____ ry Mississ pits 03 d of Tru~+ees of -n etu"'ions • , t le Miss facult is trouble fa . as by ow sala ~es ac ing in an unaccredi e s h 0 • few old tL~rs find it ys hard to forget the last a Miss ssippi gover or took a pe s hand in ~""e 1 affa .~ of t.,h urrl.v rsity. I • ~a l..n 19 2 n Gov . Theodo- G. Bil purg d he a ulty of SOJ12 ~po doze. wromber , inc ud· g seve al p ..... ...... en ea s. W 0 e firings made room fo som of h 9 po itical cronie ut brough dovm he wrath of the ccrediti g c , - ee £0 ges . The school wa unaocredited for only a year but it ·~ook much 10 e han that to re it reouta ion. -(rno ) mor on ole mis --555 Rig t nrn many fe anoth r such 10 at a • l.tl1e hen he un ve sity i al ady aggeng in the ba ash of racial problems, slac ening acad m c s ~ ... d ove attention to sclo a . io frills . Some have ev n begun to tag the university a a t uit se college tt because so many t d nts des the c .pus for weekend foo ball acuity critic bI e he schoo a i istra ion as roue stude ts. . gaI;}9s . 'The t an hits the ad and goes were the money i J ' says one ~ca11y, no __ .. ...---.... tl t onl th~ om games are sahe ul r t is fa 1 in the t ~ "I.'L..I-"1Ioo.ford ou of a tota of 10 games . The quali y of original rese rc~ by raoul guide t a chool's ca ernie exoe len ~is 1n for orne ard k oak • Grit·os harg ...,. ... Mthe Ole Miss lib a total of 33 , 000 ooks , ar ina qu te out he u ·ver iti s , ys a I 01 c at 1 ast twic ha 110 e pid e · f 0 he a e in 150 to pa for typing of rna llscri-- B tone ta e making the r nds of facul y me hers .~_ involves colleague who got a· 50 ran for a t· to as ern library fo resa rcll, he is said to have tak n 1 1 on 1) aca · on with the mone • ItTh a ing abo LI'L.ll ucti e rese reh, but tl IS very Ii tIe pressure for itJ It says one profes or. ~ Ev n th univer ity's oft .a. pea d im it's urlled 0 t more t s sh re of Rhodes , Scholars 18 a bit tarn hed . Univer~ety offioials are quick to point, out the school ha produced th second number f Rhodes chol rs in he So th, b t neglect to say the lion's hore -. of t e chola sh awards ere nared ear y in th·s centu-·. (mo e) • i t ore on ole miss 6666 s a as the un e sit's pro pects m y sea'n in ne ern l.w ,/ good/arising from the hole male • . .. c ~S, S O"I»oJ I ssippi ha to ·oin he U.S., t ays 0 e niversit faculty me .... _ It federal ~e,ntual1y ___ ~-t oops._ if the aretpeeded to for e integra i n, m y we 1 e t ..... "" hat prob em for good. Tl~n m yb e can concent 0 <:-:-----. solving s me of our eal probIems. 1I '-• IIi. • Clab He ry H e xfo-....... , . ~ . . j. ..... ...,Sl. S ppl. o o 2 61 o 

William R. Clabby to Jim Soderlind, 30 September 1962

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